[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR156.310]

[Page 444-445]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 156--OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSFER OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C--Lightering Zones and Operational Requirements for the Gulf of 
                                 Mexico
 
Sec. 156.310  Prohibited areas.

    Lightering operations are prohibited within the following areas in 
the Gulf of Mexico:
    (a) Claypile--prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the 
waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

Latitude N.                          Longitude W.
28 deg.15[min]00[sec],               94 deg.35[min]00[sec], thence to

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27 deg.40[min]00[sec],               94 deg.35[min]00[sec], thence to
27 deg.40[min]00[sec],               94 deg.00[min]00[sec], thence to
28 deg.33[min]00[sec],               94 deg.00[min]00[sec], and thence
                                      to the point of beginning.



(NAD 83)
    (b) Flower Garden--prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of 
the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning 
at:

Latitude N.                          Longitude W.
27 deg.40[min]00[sec],               94 deg.00[min]00[sec], thence to
28 deg.18[min]00[sec],               94 deg.00[min]00[sec], thence to
28 deg.18[min]00[sec],               92 deg.38[min]00[sec], thence to
28 deg.30[min]00[sec],               92 deg.38[min]00[sec], thence to
28 deg.15[min]00[sec],               91 deg.30[min]00[sec], thence to
27 deg.40[min]00[sec],               91 deg.30[min]00[sec], and thence
                                      to the point of beginning.



(NAD 83)
    (c) Ewing--prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the 
waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

Latitude N.                          Longitude W.
27 deg.53[min]00[sec],               91 deg.30[min]00[sec], thence to
28 deg.15[min]00[sec],               91 deg.30[min]00[sec], thence to
28 deg.15[min]00[sec],               90 deg.10[min]00[sec], thence to
27 deg.53[min]00[sec],               90 deg.10[min]00[sec], and thence
                                      to the point of beginning.



(NAD 83)